MediaTek benchmarks the Dimensity 9000: faster CPU than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, slower GPU

17 December 2021
Not by much in both cases - the two chipsets perform within 15% of each other. 

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Anonymous, 17 Dec 2021Damn!!!! They should have went ahead and smacked in 16 c... moreIt's the maximum supported but not always advisable to fully utilize it. With 16 cores, thermal throttling will be a huge pain, especially when paired with another power hungry part of the SoC (the Cortex X2 cores). Maybe with smaller than nanometer node, it could be possible.

    KondriX, 17 Dec 2021Ha, if you're not gaming even Snapdragon 665 is good a... moreThe SD855/855+ tier of SoC is where you'll no longer have performance issues if you only do moderate to slightly heavy tasks on your phone. SD665 will mostly be fast and smooth with light to moderate usage only.

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      • vaS
      • 17 Dec 2021

      Competition is good but these people arguing made no sense.

      As if yall gonna notice the difference when you use it.

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        • AnonD-1030824
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        • 17 Dec 2021

        IpsDisplay, 17 Dec 2021That is inconclusive.. Benchmarks are static peak perfor... moreYes

          AnonF-1013367, 17 Dec 2021Snapdragon will be better despite the node disadvantage in ... moreThat is inconclusive..

          Benchmarks are static peak performance

          Gaming is dynamic and continuous

          The A15 should perform best in gaming but that's not the case when we watch frames when playing genshin impact how quickly the A15 throttles down...

          For all we know the 9000 could be the most stable of all three and therefore be the best for gaming

            JoXim, 17 Dec 2021Really man, i don't want to tell you what to buy or no... moreHa, if you're not gaming even Snapdragon 665 is good and fluid enough for day-to-day tasks, so why pay more? 870 is still flagship territory.

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              • Anonymous
              • Kxc
              • 17 Dec 2021

              Imagine if mediatek uses a 20 core gpu, but unfortunately mediatek doesn't seem to care much about gpu, because the highest version of their chip only uses 10 gpu cores, although there is an increase compared to last year's chip using a 9 core gpu {dimensity 1200}

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                • Anonymous
                • U@x
                • 17 Dec 2021

                IpsDisplay, 17 Dec 2021It goes up to 16 cores So the dimensity really could h... moreDamn!!!!

                They should have went ahead and smacked in 16 cores into that chip and lowered the clocks click speeds


                Would have been fast and stable.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • U@x
                  • 17 Dec 2021

                  AnonF-1013367, 17 Dec 2021The a14/15 big cores are 8 wide decode vs 5 wide X1/X2, als... moreYou are right.

                    Hopefully these benchmarks are legit

                      Anonymous, 17 Dec 2021Then when devices get available, users feel zero difference... moreI'm gonna be honest, I haven't felt much of a difference in real-world performance since the Snapdragon 835

                        Anonymous, 17 Dec 2021People that spend over $700 on phones (many even buy new on... moreI mean if you want to keep a phone for longer than when the brand decides to stop supporting the phone, custom ROMs are a godsend. People who buy flagships don't always want to buy a new device every year or so

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                          • 17 Dec 2021

                          PocoFairRedmi, 17 Dec 2021Will Mediatek start being more friendly to custom ROM devel... morePeople that spend over $700 on phones (many even buy new one frequently) want alternative roms?

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                            • pSN
                            • 17 Dec 2021

                            Will Mediatek start being more friendly to custom ROM developers by releasing their firmware? If not, we can only hope Qualcomm wakes up, because if more phone manufacturers pick Mtk chipsets, the custom ROM options will shrink.
                            Please don't waste your time telling me that this or that custom-ROM supporting phone akchually has a Mediatek SoC. Exceptions don't make for a lot of choice.

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                              DrakeX, 17 Dec 2021Woahhh that GPU score is unreal, a substantial improvement ... moreSnapdragon will be better despite the node disadvantage in terms of gaming.

                              Also Manhattan 3.1 for other chips:

                              A15 5 core: 180
                              Snapdragon 8g1: 180
                              Dimensity 9000: 164

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                                • AnonF-1013367
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                                AnonF-1013367, 17 Dec 2021The a14/15 big cores are 8 wide decode vs 5 wide X1/X2, als... morelooses*

                                  Woahhh that GPU score is unreal, a substantial improvement compared to the previous generation. Exynos 1080 in the vivo X60 that included a G78 MP10 managed 139 and 91 FPS in Manhattan 3.0 and 3.1 respectively so it's 71% better. I can't imagine how it'll be with 16 cores. Then again, there's a possibility it's clocked very high. If it doesn't throttle, this could very well be the best mobile chipset for gaming. 2022 is looking to be the fiercest battle yet of performance metrics.

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                                    Anonymous, 17 Dec 2021“How do these android chip still manage to be beaten by a t... moreThe a14/15 big cores are 8 wide decode vs 5 wide X1/X2, also they have more cache and they are clocked higher. If apple used Samsung 4LPE instead of TSMC N5P, the single big core would use double the power. When apple uses it's adventage in nodes next year, all the adventages will be lost.

                                      Anonymous, 17 Dec 2021Whats the max core count of 2022 Mali GPU?It goes up to 16 cores


                                      So the dimensity really could have destroyed the snap 8 gen 1 is raw GPU performance as that's a whole 6 out of the equation

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 8Kf
                                        • 17 Dec 2021

                                        I bet a chinese maker will show antutu score when announcing phone with this chip.
                                        So pathetic this.

                                        Chip makers every year claim 20-30% stronger and 25% less power used.
                                        But when we buy the phones we never see this.

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